NEW YORK — Delta Air Lines and Bank of America have announced that they are pulling their sponsorship of a Manhattan-based theater company’s portrayal of Julius Caesar as a President Trump look-alike in a business suit who gets knifed to death on stage.

Atlanta-based Delta released a statement on Sunday saying it was pulling its sponsorship from The Public Theater ‘‘effective immediately.’’

‘‘No matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of Julius Caesar at this summer’s Free Shakespeare in the Park does not reflect Delta Air Lines’ values,’’ the statement said. ‘‘Their artistic and creative direction crossed the line on the standards of good taste.’’

Later Sunday night, Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America said it was withdrawing its funding for the Shakespeare production.

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‘‘The Public Theater chose to present Julius Caesar in such a way that was intended to provoke and offend,’’ the bank said in a tweet. ‘‘Had this intention been made known to us, we would have decided not to sponsor it.’’

Oskar Eustis, the Public Theater’s artistic director who also directed the play, said earlier in a statement that ‘‘anyone seeing our production of ‘Julius Caesar’ will realize it in no way advocates violence towards anyone.’’

‘‘Julius Caesar’’ tells a fictionalized story of a powerful, popular Roman leader who is assassinated by senators who fear he is becoming a tyrant. It is set in ancient Rome, but many productions have costumed the characters in modern dress to give it a present-day connection.